Posts by Nathan Pine
Tokyo Gap Financing Market Launches Project Awards & Seminars
TIFFCOM’s Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM) is launching project awards for the first time, along with a series of talks aimed at producers seeking international co-production. Awards will include the Tokyo Projects Award, worth $13,300 (JPY2M), selected by an industry jury; the Asian Gen‑Z Award, worth $3,300 (JPY500,000), chosen by a committee of Gen-Z film…
Read MoreUS-Australia rare earths deal is a start but won’t shake China dominance any time soon
US and Western allies seek to loosen China’s grip amid rising trade and security tensions [SYDNEY] Donald Trump’s backing of Australia’s critical minerals will bring much-needed financial support to the industry, but experts say the US president will have to wait longer to shift the supply chain away from China and weaken its market dominance.…
Read MoreCohen Media Group Picks Up Stéphane Demoustier’s ‘The Great Arch’
EXCLUSIVE: Cohen Media Group has taken U.S. domestic distribution rights to Stéphane Demoustier‘s The Great Arch. The historical drama is based on the true story of the Great Arch of La Défense, one of the most ambitious architectural undertakings of modern France, centering on Danish architect Otto von Spreckelsen, who was thrust into the spotlight…
Read MoreWhat to Expect in Saturday Night Live Season 51: News And Updates Ahead Of Premiere Show
Saturday Night Live returned in October following its landmark 50th season that ran in 2024. The NBC late-night sketch comedy show said goodbye to some familiar faces ahead of Season 51 in late summer, with five new cast members rotating into the mix. The hosts and musical guests have been set for the next three…
Read MoreWhy Dancing With the Stars’ Robert Irwin and Witney Carson’s Friendship Deserves a 10
Dubbing themselves “Team IrWINit,” Robert and Witney quickly proved they were ready to rumble—er, more like rumba—and were among those to receive the highest scores from judges Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli during the first two weeks. “All of my confidence comes from Witney,” the 21-year-old acknowledged. “It comes from leaning on…
Read More‘Schitt’s Creek’ Gets FAST Channel On Canada’s CBC
Schitt’s Creek made the calamitous Rose family famous famous, and their escapades can now be found in one place in Canda. CBC has added to its FAST streaming portfolio with the launch of a Schitt’s Creek channel, featuring all six seasons of the Emmy Award-winning CBC comedy series, plus one-hour finale special Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt’s Creek…
Read More‘There Was, There Was Not’ Team Discuss How Their Artsakh War Documentary Offers “Resistance To Erasure”
Filmmaker Emily Mkrtichian didn’t know she would be making a war documentary when she embarked on her near-decade-in-the-making feature There Was, There Was Not. What began as a project aiming to explore the lives of four disparate women in post-conflict Artsakh changed almost overnight as the long-beleaguered breakaway state, sandwiched between Azerbaijan and Armenia, became…
Read More‘I Play Rocky’: Amazon MGM Releases First-Look Pic Of Anthony Ippolito As Sylvester Stallone
Days after images emerged from the set of Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky, Amazon MGM Studios has released the first image from the film. The film features Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone in a film which follows the actor before he became a mega star. Ippolito is best known for playing another iconic Italian Oscar winner…
Read MoreJon Stewart Mocks Fox News’ Characterization Of No Kings Rallies & Says Trump Is The “Imitation Crab Of Kings Right Now”
After another weekend of No Kings rallies — with some 7 million in attendance to protest President Donald Trump and his administration — Jon Stewart took up the mantle on Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show to mock Fox News‘ dramatic coverage leading up to the event. “And so this weekend we sat in…
Read More‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ A “Parable Of Fear Mongering” More Relevant Now Than When It Was Written, Says Andy Muschietti
Tonight at the premiere for HBO’s IT: Welcome to Derry, Andy and Barbara Muschietti, the Argentina-born, producer-director siblings, offered insight into the real-life relevance of the horror genre and Stephen Kings’s novel, specifically. The Muschiettis developed the series with Jason Fuchs who, along with Brad Caleb Kane, serves as showrunner. Andy directs several episodes. He and…
Read MoreKeira Knightley Recalls Paparazzi Harassing Her As A Teenager By Shouting “Whore” At Her To “Get A Reaction”
Keira Knightley recalled the intense paparazzi harassment she endured at the zenith of her fame as a teenager, which included photographers posting up outside her home for days on end and shouting misogynistic profanity at her in hopes of garnering a reaction. In a recent profile with The Times U.K., the Bend It Like Beckham…
Read MoreAsia: Equities rally on China-US hopes, new Japanese PM lifts Tokyo
STOCKS extended gains on Tuesday on further signs that China-US trade tensions were easing, with Tokyo hitting another record as Japan prepares to swear in a new prime minister and bring an end to a period of political uncertainty. Investors were back in a buying mood after last week’s ructions caused by Donald Trump’s threat…
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